NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Luke 14:23

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“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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Luke 14:20–26

20

“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

21

“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

22

“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

23
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“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”

25

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

26

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

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